Оглавление
Группа авторов. Teaching Transhumanism
Contents
Introduction
A. Theory. Transhumanism in Language Teaching
1. Terminology
2. Issues
2.1 Practical Issues
2.2 Ethical Issues
2.3 Eugenic Issues
2.4 Religious Issues
2.5 Political Issues
2.6 Socio-Economic Issues
2.7 Existential Issues
2.8 Cultural-Aesthetic Issues
2.9 Technological Issues
2.10 Media-Educational Issues
3. Media
3.1 Visual Fiction
3.2 Novels
3.3 Plays
3.4 Short Stories
3.5 Poems
3.6 Non-Fictional Texts
3.7 Movies
3.8 TV Series
3.9 Documentaries
3.10 Music Videos
3.11 Songs
3.12 Computer Games
4. Scenarios
5. Potential
6. Challenges
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Lessons in Relatability
1. Introduction
2. Post-, or Trans-, or What?
3. Teaching the Posthuman: Media Competence without New Media
4. Teaching the Posthuman: Literary Learning without Literature
5. Outlook: Posthumanism, Post-Covid
Bibliography
Transhumanism – More Than Human?
1. Definitions
2. Tranhumanist Topics. 2.1 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2.2 Mind Upload
2.3 Cyborgs
2.4 Genetic Enhancement
2.5 Virtual Reality
2.6 Cryonics
2.7 Artificial, Mechanical Exoskeletons
2.8 Simulation Hypothesis
3. Spiritual Transhumanism
4. Conspiracy Theories and Transhumanism
5. Transhumanism and Covid-19
Bibliography
B. Methodology. Quo Vadis Humankind?
1. Trans- and Posthumanism
1.1 Humanism and Transhumanism
1.2 Versions of Transhumanism
1.3 (Critical) Posthumanism
2. Transhumanism and Language Education
2.1 Language Education
2.2 Literature as a Resource for Language Education
2.3 Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe Trilogy
2.4 Teaching Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe Trilogy
Bibliography
John Lanchester’s The Wall in the Advanced Language Classroom
1. The Wall from a Literary Studies Perspective
2. The Wall and Its Didactic Potential
3. Methodological Suggestions for The Wall
4. Conclusion
Bibliography
“Forever Young! I Want to Be Forever Young!”
1. Goals
2. The Scenario Technique
3. The Lesson Plan. 3.1 Lesson Block 1: Visualizing the Future
3.2 Lesson Block 2: The “Three” Horsemen of the Apocalypse
3.3 Lesson Block 3: Superhuman Engineering
3.4 Lesson Block 4: Our Last Invention?
Bibliography
Gender Identities in the Age of Transhumanism
1. Introduction: Establishing New Conceptual Structures
2. A Play of Gender and Power in GoT
3. The Purple Wedding: A Teaching Concept
4. Conclusion
Bibliography
Please, Download Your Identity Here
1. Introduction
2. Are We There Yet? – Living in a Transhumanist World
3. Me, Myself, and the Avatar: The Concept of Identity in VR
4. Teaching Transhumanism in the EFL Classroom – Ideas and Concepts
4.1 Teaching Ideas for Beginners and Intermediate Groups
4.2 Teaching Ideas for Upper Intermediate and Advanced Groups
5. Outlook: Cosmic Citizenship Instead of Transhumanism?
Bibliography
C. Lessons. The Concept of Transhumanism
1. Background
2. Procedure
3. Materials
M2: Worksheet
M3: One definition of transhumanism
4. Solutions. M.2. Worksheet
Bibliography
Transhumanism in Films
1. Background
2. Procedure
3. Materials. M1: Screenshots (deleted due to copyright reasons)
M2: Definitions of Transhumanism
M3: Guidelines for the project
M4: List of Films
4. Solutions. My definition of transhumanism (2.b., S’s answer)
Relevance of topic (2.d.)
Overview of In Time (3.c.)
In Time (2011): social system (3.e.)
Bibliography
Transhumanism and Religion
1. Background
2. Procedure
3. Materials. M1: Bible Verses
M2: Read this book excerpt and write down its main arguments
M3: Read this excerpt from humanity+ and write down its main arguments
4. Solutions. Revision (Step 2)
Eternal life? (Step 3)
Summaries of texts M1/M2/M3 (step 9) (authentic S’s answers)
Transhumanist and Christian concepts of salvation (step 12) (authentic S’s answers)
Bibliography
Human Enhancement
1. Background
2. Procedure
3. Materials. M1: Designer babies: an ethical horror waiting to happen?
M2: iHuman perspective: neural interfaces
M3: Table
4. Solutions. First reading: summary (Step B.3.)
Second reading: pros and cons (Step B.5.)
M3: Table completion
Homework: essay (authentic S’s answers)
Bibliography
Contributors
Footnotes
